Sometimes it's not bad to hurt. Sometimes you don't want things until you get hurt. We got hurt today, let's see what we do.

I've tried to handle winning well, so that maybe we'll win again, but I've also tried to handle failure well. If those serve as good examples for teachers and kids, then I hope that would be a contribution I have made to sport. Not just basketball, but to sport.

For a college basketball player or coach, to reach the Final Four is la-la land. You’ve achieved, you’ve got your stamp of approval. My first team to do that was in 1986. Then we did it in ’88, ’89 and ’90.

Confrontation simply means meeting the truth head-on.

Encourage members of your team to take the initiative and act on their own.

There are always those times when you're going to be down. It's how you step through it that makes you the person you are.

Sometimes in a defeat, you can set the stage for future victory.